Category: Local News

A fire has broken out at a laboratory of a waste management factory at the Katunayake Free Trade Zone at around 4:45 this morning.

The U.S. Government committed a $40 million loan to Sri Lanka’s SDB bank to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and women entrepreneurs.

Steps are being taken to amend the Lion Emblem in the National flag of Sri Lanka, Defence Secretary General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne said.

Seven more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

At least 25 health workers, who were administered with the COVISHIELD vaccine at the Badulla General Hospital have been reportedly hospitalized following complications after being vaccinated, a hospital spokesman said.

Former Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo.

The death of first Sri Lankan doctor due to Covid-19 infection was reported from the Karapitiya Hospital today (02).

Sinnaiah Gunasekaran alias ‘Kimbula Ela Guna’, a Lankan drug lord who had links with LTTE, along with his three associates were arrested from Chennai airport on Sunday night

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to develop and operate the West Container Terminal of the Colombo Harbour under a Public-Private Partnership with Japan and India for a period of 35 years.

Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake who was sentenced to four years in prison on Contempt of Court charges has filed a motion before the Supreme Court over his conviction.

While condemning the statement issued by the Indian High Commission over the East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said yesterday it was a huge blow to the sovereignty and independence of the country.

The report on Sri Lanka of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has been much stronger than anticipated. It has shattered the belief that Sri Lanka was too important a country, in geopolitical terms, for the international community to use to prove a point.

The Indian High Commission in Colombo reiterated the Indian Government’s expectations and expeditious implementation of the trilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed in May 2019 between the Governments of India, Japan and Sri Lanka for the development of East Container Terminal (ECT).

Seven more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to develop the East Container Terminal of Colombo Port by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA).

The East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port will be operated 100% by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.